Walker, Staiths

HER Number

4285

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walker, Staiths

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Water Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Staith

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Staiths are shown at the end of the Walker Incline on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, but are absent from the 1st edition plan, indicating that they were built after 1858.

Easting

429840

Northing

564700

Grid Reference

NZ429840564700

Sources

<< HER 4285 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98, NW